Read the text of the Mueller report
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The Mueller report, with some redactions, was released on Thursday.
Barr says 10 'episodes' of Trump potential obstruction probed, AG disagreed on Mueller legal theory
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Attorney General William Barr gave an overview of special counsel Robert Mueller's report Thursday ahead of its public release.
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- Redacted report says President Trump said he was "f*d" as soon as he heard about the Special Counsel probe, wanted to remove then-AG Jeff Sessions
- President asked his own staff, particularly WH counsel Don McGahn, to lie and deny media reports about trying to remove Mueller
- McGahn resigned in protest after POTUS asked him “to do crazy shit”
- Mueller referred 14 investigations to other Justice Department offices
- Attorney General Barr, in his pre-spin press conference used the words the president has been using for months: “No collusion”
- On the question of obstruction, Barr mentions 10 episodes with the president that could have constituted obstruction "as a matter of law"
- Barr says President Trump faced "an unprecedented situation” entering office under cloud of investigation and was frustrated
- Barr has no objections to Mueller testifying to Congress